Chapter 80 In Person
The thing was in Shen Wan's hands, but she was almost mad.
Chen Yu was worried and came in and asked, "What happened?"
Shen Wan didn't dare let Shen Yu know that someone had broken into her inner room and brought her a golden hairpin, so she could only make an excuse, "Shanhu is timid and got scared when she saw a gecko."
Chen Yu said, "Geckos are poisonous. I'll ask someone to come in and catch them."
Shen Wan said, "I was scared by Shanhu's scream and ran out of the window."
Chen Yu didn't suspect anything and went out.
Yesterday, Chen Wan was staring at the blueprint, and today he was staring at the golden hairpin.
She couldn't figure it out. Which living god gave her this golden hairpin?
What she wants is not a gold hairpin!
When giving her something, at least leave a name so that she knows who is so kind to her. Chen Wan was not moved, but could not help but greet the person who gave her the gold hairpin in her heart.
Chen Wan had thought about giving the gold hairpin to her eldest brother, but her eldest brother was very tight-lipped. She couldn't pry him open if he didn't want to say anything, and it would also expose the fact that she had sneaked into his room to look at the paintings.
I was so angry that my heart ached.
Shanhu was a little worried. "Should we tell the Duke that someone broke into the girl's boudoir?"
If I tell him, this golden hairpin will be exposed.
Although she was very angry about the other person's behavior, she still hoped that he would do it again.
Chen Wan said, "The person who gave me the golden hairpin had no ill intentions. This is a matter concerning my reputation, so I must keep it a secret."
Shanhu and Yinchuan nodded repeatedly.
Chen Wan hoped that someone would come again so that she could ask them in person, but unfortunately, no one came to her house again.
That day, Chen Wan was reading a book when Yun came to see her and asked, "The Jingbei Prince's birthday is in two days. Have you prepared the gift?"
“…I haven’t started embroidering yet.”
Yun frowned slightly, "It's been so long, and you're still not ready?"
Shen Wan said, "It's just embroidering a purse, half a day is enough..."
It should have been embroidered long ago, but if it weren't for the incident with the gold hairpin, she would have lost the mood to do anything.
Yun raised her hand and poked Chen Wan's forehead, "You know it won't take much effort, why don't you finish embroidering it sooner? You won't go to Jingbei Palace in person to give him a birthday gift, so how long do you plan to put it off?"
Knowing that Yunshi valued the thought the most, Shen Wan did not dare to argue, "Mother, I will embroider it right away..."
Yun glared at Chen Wan several times and told her to concentrate on her embroidery. She only sat for a while and then left.
A purse as a birthday gift would be too simple, so Chen Wan put more thought into the purse, using double-sided embroidery, which she embroidered very carefully.
The next day, after saying good morning to the old lady, Shen Wan went to the front yard to look for Shen Li.
Chen Li just came out of the study, "Why is my sister here?"
Shen Wan handed over the purse.
Chen Li thought it was a gift for him, "This purse is well embroidered, it matches the brocade robe that big brother is wearing."
Shen Wan, “…”
Shen Wan said, "This is the birthday gift I prepared for Prince Jingbei."
Chen Li looked at Chen Wan and said, "Just a purse? That's too perfunctory."
Shen Wan, “…”
It's too difficult.
She wanted to give her a jade pendant, but her mother thought it was not thoughtful enough.
When I gave him a purse, my eldest brother felt it was perfunctory.
Can they discuss it and she just prepare it?
Shen Wanxin said tiredly, “Mom said it’s okay.”
When Chen Wan brought up the Yun family, Chen Li didn't say anything.
Shen Wan handed over the purse, and Shen Li said, "Aren't you going to give it to your brother-in-law yourself?"
Can you please stop calling me brother-in-law?
Shen Wan glared at Shen Li, "Can I still go to the Jingbei Palace to send it off?"
She and Xie Jingyu were not really getting married. It was not at this stage. Even if they were really getting married, she would be embarrassed to go.
Chen Li said, "What's so difficult about this? If you can't go to the Jingbei Palace, I can call him over."
Shen Wan, “…”
He is really her elder brother.
It’s just a purse, does it have to be given in person?
"Brother has something else to do, so I'll leave the house first."
Shen Li took a few steps, turned back, and took the purse from Shen Wan.
Chen Wan thought that her elder brother had changed his mind, but Chen Li said, "Brother, take this purse. You can embroider another one for your brother-in-law."
Not only did he not help her get a birthday gift, but he also took her purse. Is there any brother who would do this?
Shen Wan said, "I can give the purse to my brother. Please help me do something."
Shen Li suddenly felt the purse in his hand was hot, and he wanted to stuff it back into Shen Wan's hand, "Let me make it clear first, if my parents don't allow it, I won't help you."
Chen Wan said, "Tomorrow is the day when Prince Yongqing will marry his cousin. Big brother, please give him a gift for me."
Chen Wan wants to send a gift to the Prince of Yongqing. It's such a small favor, so Chen Li will definitely help.
The next day, Chen Wan accompanied Chen Yu in the garden to feed the koi fish. Yin Chuan ran into the pavilion and grinned, "Today, the Prince of Yongqing was getting married. On the way back home with the bridal sedan, someone threw two rotten eggs at us. I heard the stench was terrible. We were in such a mess..."
Generally, only death row prisoners would be hit with rotten eggs and vegetable leaves. This is the first time I have heard of a groom being hit with such a thing.
But in Shen Wan's eyes, the Prince of Yongqing had committed a capital crime. Even if the Yongqing Marquis's Mansion had not sent the wedding invitation to the mansion, she would not have done such a thing. It was all their own fault.
Two years ago, when Chen Yu got married, the wedding banquet at the Yongqing Marquis' Mansion was so lively that almost all the civil and military officials were there. This time it was much quieter. The Yongqing Marquis' Mansion was on bad terms with the Dingguo Duke's Mansion, and because of their colleagues, they had to send gifts, so they sent their stewards to deliver them. Very few people went to the wedding in person. There were not many people going to begin with, and when they learned that the Yongqing Marquis's son had been hit with rotten eggs, those colleagues also found excuses to leave.
Looking at the cold and deserted, miserable wedding banquet, Earl Yongqing and his wife were almost angry to death.
The next day, Shen Wan went to pay her respects to the old lady. Shen Wu and the others were also discussing the matter. Shen Wu said, "It must have been done by my second sister or eldest brother."
As Shen Wan stepped forward, the old lady asked, "Did you do this?"
She asked her eldest brother to do this. Now that she knows it, why are you asking?
Chen Wan didn't say anything, so Chen Wu said, "You feel sorry for your elder sister and fight for her, but they've already divorced, and the matter is over. If you do something like this again, people will accuse us of being narrow-minded..."
Chen Wan interrupted Chen Wu coldly, "So what if it's smashed? Do you still want my brother and I to apologize to the Yongqing Earl?"
Shen Wu choked up and looked at the old lady and said, "Grandma, look at Second Sister's attitude. She doesn't think she's wrong at all!"
Chen Wan said, "Did you see me and my elder brother do this with your own eyes? The death row prisoner was taken to the execution ground. I wonder how many people would throw rotten eggs and rotten vegetables at him. Couldn't someone have stood up for us, the Duke of Dingguo?"
"Once we do something like this, people will definitely suspect that it's our Dingguo Mansion. My eldest brother and I care most about the reputation of the Dingguo Mansion!"
Chen Wan attached great importance to the word "reputation".
The Second House has brought disgrace upon the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, so how could she have the nerve to teach her how to do things?
Shen Wu was so angry that she tore the handkerchief in her hand.
Yun came in and said to the old lady, "Just now, the Yun family sent someone to tell us that Mr. Huang's 'Fuchun Mountain Residence' cannot be recovered. I came to tell the old lady that the second branch should find another way to compensate the Kangwang Mansion for the painting."
The Second Madam didn't believe that the Yun family couldn't get the painting back, but she was just unwilling to clean up the mess for Shen Ti.
The Second Madam said, "The Duke has already agreed to Prince Kang's request..."
Yun looked at the Second Madam and asked, "Do you think Prince Kang will ask the Duke for compensation?"
The second wife's face was stiff.
Everyone in Kyoto knows that Shen Ti is the second master's illegitimate daughter. Shen Ji has been deceived badly. How could Prince Kang ask Shen Ji for compensation? He would only ask the second master.
Shen Wan sat there, taking in the expressions of the old lady and the second lady.
I feel a little unhappy, but not too worried.
Just as she guessed, he was just helping the Kangwang Mansion with the painting from the Kuang Yun family. He didn't really have to compensate the Kangwang Mansion for a painting, so naturally he wasn't worried.
The Yun family is cautious in their actions. Since they will no longer provide paintings to the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion, it would be better to send someone to inform them, so as to avoid the situation where they cannot compensate the Prince Kang's Mansion for paintings in the future and the mistake is blamed on the Yun family.
Since no one continued the topic, it ended in nothing.
After paying his respects, Shen Wan admired the flowers in the garden for a while, and then returned to Mingyue Garden.
As soon as she returned, the maid came over and said, "Miss, the prince asked you to go to the front yard and told you not to forget to take your purse."
Shen Wan, “…”
That’s enough, brother.
He actually sent her a purse and brought Xie Jingyu to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
If big brother gets beaten by Xie Jingyu one day, it’s all his own fault.
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